Amazing Commodor Vic20

[steph]

I'm a closet C-64 hoarder...

I have (all working...)
5 CPU's,
3 x 1701 monitors
6 x 1541 disk drives
2 x Datasets
3 x Dot Matrix printers
Epyx fastload cartridge,
80 column display cartridge
300/1200 baud modem
a dozen wico sticks,
and about 1500 disks with just about every c64 game ever made

I even wrote a Lunar Lander program ENTIRELY in 6502 assembler language
using Jim Butterfield's SuperMon-64 editor.
(... and it was pretty damn cool ...even today ! )

I could "poke" and "peek" like nobody's business back on 1982
.... when I was 16 yrs old !

Ahhhh, good times !

;-)

Steph

 

[jethrokiller]

Send me some C64 game disks... thx.

 

[Mikebetz42]

I have (all working...)

2 Vic20's
4 C=64's
1 C=64C
5 SX-64's (Bought 4 broken and I repaired them...)
1 C=128

1702 Monitor
1084 Monitor (I use sometimes to test video games with)

2 1530 Datasette's
5 1541's Drives
2 Indus GT's Disk Drives
2 1581's Disk Drives (Low Density 3 1/2 Floppies)
2 CMD FD-2000's (High Density 3 1/2 Floppies)
4 CMD HD-1000's (Hard Drives)
3 Xetec LT Kernal's (Hard Drives)
2 CMD Ramlink's (16mb)
1 MSD Super Disk

1 1541 Ultimate
1 1541 Ultimate II


1 uIEC/SD SD to C=64 (http://store.go4retro.com/products/uIEC{47}SD.html)


Amiga 1200
Amiga 1000
Amiga 2000
Amiga 4000

Well thats a start to the collection..... I have alot more accessories...

I sell theese... (Created by Skoe/Thomas)

Easyflash Cartridge for the Commodore 64/128
http://cgi.ebay.com/Easyflash-Cartridge-Commodore-64-128-/190529265631?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5c6ddfdf

Some of my favorate games.....

Paradroid
Zak McKreacken
Maniac Mansion
Impossible Mission
Defender of the Crown
Bruce Lee
H.E.R.O.
Gyruss
Uridium
Beach Head

Skate or Die

IK+

Ghostbusters

Blue Max

-Mike

 

[Broodwich]

ohhh ghostbusters i had that too that game was a definite keeper.

 

[Mikebetz42]

Well, I still have a Vic-20 (Not the original one I had), I do have the original C64 from when I as a kid (Plus a couple hundred floppies)! And I have an Atari ST again (regret selling it, but at the time I needed the money).

I've been looking for a reliable way of getting the C64 disks onto my PC. I was able to save some of my original source code from back in the day, but I don't know where my cable is anymore. Need something that works with Copy Protected discs.

CBMXfer Works Great....
http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/software/cbmxfer/cbmxfer.html

ZoomFloppy replaces all X*-1541 cables with a simple USB-based hardware device guaranteed to work with today's machines using today's multitasking operating systems. Simply plug into any free USB port, connect your CBM drive via a serial cable, and transfer data to or from your software collection.

http://store.go4retro.com/products/ZoomFloppy.html

-Mike

 

[joeycuda]

Here is how you do it

http://home.comcast.net/~safeharborbay/tcr/cbm/1541.html

If you don't have a 5 1/4 pc floppy drive to make one you can always get them on ebay cheap:

http://shop.ebay.com/items/commodor...1&keyword=commodore+1541&adgroup_id=601637862

Thanks. Add that to my to-do list!! Looks interesting.

 

[jawhn]

... When I was in school my first computer was the PET, which no one is mentioning! ...

This.

Because I was allowed to play with the PET, I somehow was motivated to / talked my parents into buying me a VIC-20...

 

[joeycuda]

Does anyone remember the Windham Classics stuff? - Alice in Wonderland, Below the Root, (action adventures) Treasure Island, Wizard of Oz, etc.. (text based/graphic adventures)

Alice in Wonderland and Below the Root were incredible for the time and very deep, which meant the drive was constantly running. I bought a new-in-box, shrinkwrapped Alice in Wonderland on Ebay years ago. Below the Root sells for a ton, when it pops up.

 

[Mikebetz42]

Don't forget Stroker 64!

Samantha Fox Strip Poker....

 

[Arcadenut]

CBMXfer Works Great....
http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/software/cbmxfer/cbmxfer.html

ZoomFloppy replaces all X*-1541 cables with a simple USB-based hardware device guaranteed to work with today's machines using today's multitasking operating systems. Simply plug into any free USB port, connect your CBM drive via a serial cable, and transfer data to or from your software collection.

http://store.go4retro.com/products/ZoomFloppy.html

-Mike

Exactly what I was looking for. Ordered.

Thank you!

 

[kalevan]

I have a sudden strong urge to play some Mail Order Monsters.

 

[Tighe]

I have (all working...)

2 Vic20's
4 C=64's
1 C=64C
5 SX-64's (Bought 4 broken and I repaired them...)
1 C=128

1702 Monitor
1084 Monitor (I use sometimes to test video games with)

2 1530 Datasette's
5 1541's Drives
2 Indus GT's Disk Drives
2 1581's Disk Drives (Low Density 3 1/2 Floppies)
2 CMD FD-2000's (High Density 3 1/2 Floppies)
4 CMD HD-1000's (Hard Drives)
3 Xetec LT Kernal's (Hard Drives)
2 CMD Ramlink's (16mb)
1 MSD Super Disk

1 1541 Ultimate
1 1541 Ultimate II


1 uIEC/SD SD to C=64 (http://store.go4retro.com/products/uIEC{47}SD.html)


Amiga 1200
Amiga 1000
Amiga 2000
Amiga 4000

Well thats a start to the collection..... I have alot more accessories...

I sell theese... (Created by Skoe/Thomas)

Easyflash Cartridge for the Commodore 64/128
http://cgi.ebay.com/Easyflash-Cartridge-Commodore-64-128-/190529265631?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5c6ddfdf

Some of my favorate games.....

Paradroid
Zak McKreacken
Maniac Mansion
Impossible Mission
Defender of the Crown
Bruce Lee
H.E.R.O.
Gyruss
Uridium
Beach Head

Skate or Die

IK+

Ghostbusters

Blue Max

-Mike

So you don't have this:

 

[Mikebetz42]

Exactly what I was looking for. Ordered.

Thank you!

Your welcome!

You might want to check out NIBTOOLS 1541/1571 disk image nibbler but this needs an older PC.... but is soposed to be able to archive allmost anything.

http://c64preservation.com/dp.php?pg=nibtools

One Idea is using Dosbox with it, but don't know if it's even possible...

http://www.dosbox.com/

-Mike

 

[Mikebetz42]

So you don't have this:

No, I sure don't.... The Vic 20's haven't seen any daylight in years either...

The Amiga 1000 and 2000 were given to me recently...

The first computer I used was the TRS-80 and then the Apple ][ at school...

-Mike

 

[Mikebetz42]

I have a sudden strong urge to play some Mail Order Monsters.

That or Racing Destruction Set...


I allmost forgot the Ultima series...

Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness (1980)

Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress (1982)

Ultima III: Exodus (1983)

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985)

Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (1988)

Ultima VI: The False Prophet (1990)

"Ultima Online" started the the whole "World of Warcraft" online gaming.... September 24, 1997...

-Mike

 

[hsapinball]

My progression was TRS-80 -> Vic-20 -> C64 -> C128 -> Atari ST -> PC.

I had a Timex Sinclair and moved up to a C64. I still have my C64 but have not turned it on for 25+ years.

 

[80scoinops]

I've been looking for a reliable way of getting the C64 disks onto my PC. I was able to save some of my original source code from back in the day, but I don't know where my cable is anymore.

Have you tried ZoomFloppy ($35)?

http://store.go4retro.com/products/ZoomFloppy.html

 

[zfcamaro]

Yeah we had the vic-20, my friend had the 64 which is still the highest selling computer of all time... Commodore is actually coming back this year with an all new line.

 

[RalphT3]

Yeah we had the vic-20, my friend had the 64 which is still the highest selling computer of all time... Commodore is actually coming back this year with an all new line.

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx

 

[UnkulBuck]

summer games and farmer's daughter for the c64. omgftwbbq!